History of the star: A red star in the tail of the Scorpion Scorpius. Sargas is a Euphratean title.

Sargas lies in the Milky Way just south of lamda and nu, with which it formed one of the seven pairs of Twin Stars; as such it was Ma-a-su.

And it may have been, with iota, kappa, lamda (Shaula), and nu (Jabbah), the Girtab of the Euphratean lunar zodiac, the Vanant of Persia and Vanand of Sogdiana, all meaning the "Seizer," "Smiter," or "Stinger "; but the Persian and Sogdian words generally are used for our Regulus.

In Khorasmia these stars were Khachman, the Curved.

[Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinchley Allen, 1889].

The astrological influences of the constellation: The Scorpion is associated with the Hebrew letter Oin and the 16th Tarot Trump "The Lightning-Struck Tower". (Robson).

The astrological influences of the constellation given by Manilius:

"The Scorpion presides over arms" [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, book 4, p.253]

By virtue of his tail armed with its powerful sting, wherewith, when conducting the Sun's chariot through his sign, he cleaves the soil and sows seed in the furrow, the Scorpion creates natures ardent for war and active service, and a spirit which rejoices in plenteous bloodshed and in carnage more than in plunder. Why, these men spend even peace under arms : they fill the glades and scour the woods; they wage fierce warfare now against man, now against beast, and now they sell their persons to provide the spectacle of death and to perish in the arena, when, warfare in abeyance, they each find themselves foes to attack. There are those, too, who enjoy mock-fights and jousts in arms (such is their love of fighting) and devote their leisure to the study of war and every pursuit which arises from the art of war. [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, p.239-240].